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A Woman to Know: Qui Jin

A Woman to Know: Qui Jin

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Sep 16, 2016
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Don't tell me women are not the stuff of heroes. — Qiu Jin

(image via Wikimedia Commons)


A revolutionary feminist and a proud political leader — but most beautifully, a poet who memorialized women from Chinese history in verse. As a woman living in 19th century China, Qiu Jin knew her poetry was in itself a political force. She founded her own journal to…

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